Veda Ann Borg

Actress

Female

BornJan 11, 1915

HometownBoston

DiedAug 16, 1973

Death PlaceHollywood, Califo...

NationalityAmerican

Hair ColorBlonde

BuildSlim

Veda Ann Borg was an American film actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Borg was the daughter of Gottfried Borg, a Swedish immigrant and Minna Noble. She became a model in 1936 before winning a contract at Paramount Pictures. A car crash in 1939 necessitated drastic reconstruction of her face by plastic surgery.… Read More

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CHILDHOOD

1915Birth
Born on January 11, 1915.

TWENTIES

193924 Years Old
A car crash in 1939 required drastic reconstruction of her face by plastic surgery.
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She appeared in more than one hundred films, including Mildred Pierce, Chicken Every Sunday, Love Me or Leave Me, Guys and Dolls, Thunder in the Sun, and The Alamo (1960) in which she was excellent playing the blind Nell Robertson. Read Less

THIRTIES

195237 Years Old
Borg began accepting parts in television when the new medium opened up. From 1952 through 1961, she appeared on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, General Electric Theater, The 20th Century-Fox Hour, The Abbott and Costello Show, The Restless Gun, Bonanza, The Red Skelton Show, Adventures of Superman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Mr. & Mrs. North, among many others.

195338 Years Old
In 1953-54, she substituted for Gloria Blondell as "Honeybee Gillis" in The Life of Riley TV series.
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Borg was briefly married to Paul Herrick (in 1942), and to director Andrew McLaglen (1946 - 1958) they had one child, Andrew Victor McLaglen II. Both marriages ended in divorce. Read Less